Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin once said his franchise didn’t want hostages.
Is there a hostage situation developing in Indianapolis?
FoxSports.com’s Ben Arthur writes about running back Jonathan Taylor’s plight with the team, and where that now stands. The NFL’s 2023 season is upon us, and Taylor is still a Colt.
Read Arthur’s column here: Jonathan Taylor is still a Colt heading into regular season. Now what? | FOX Sports
True, running backs aren’t the commodity they once were, when Emmitt Smith, Rickey Watters and Ladanian Tomlinson were roaming the NFL’s stadiums as dual threats in the 1990s and early 2000s. But surely backs still have value. Right?
Right?
Or is the old “running-back-by-committee” mindset, where teams use two, or even three, backs on a regular basis now the norm?